Dylan Curious

Dylan Curious

Just a guy trying to understand AI one podcast at a time 🤖

  1. 8 H FA

    The Next Threat Isn’t Fake News

    This conversation explores the rapid advancements in AI technology, particularly in drone capabilities, genetic analysis, and the implications of AI in disinformation and social structures. It delves into the intersection of AI with human experiences, such as near-death experiences, and discusses the influence of AI bias on decision-making. The dialogue also touches on ecological perspectives of AI agents, breakthroughs in material science, and the evolving understanding of quantum physics, ultimately questioning the future potential and societal impact of AI. CHAPTERS  ⤵  00:00 — Wild AI News & Other Developments 01:54 — Candid Analytics: Why the Metrics Matter 02:34 — FPV AI Drones: Faster Than Humans 04:57 — The Next Disinformation Wave: Synthetic Consensus Swarms 07:23 — DNA Decoder: Predicting the Impact of Gene Variants 10:00 — Near-Death Experiences: Brain Chemistry or Something More? 14:29 — How Chatbot Summaries Quietly Change What We Buy 17:44 — The Hidden Extinction Trigger: When Social Networks Collapse 21:56 — Do LLMs “Feel” Words Like We Do? Word Impressions Study 24:52 — AI Discovers 25 New Magnetic Materials (67,000+ Mapped) 26:34 — NASA Lets AI Drive on Mars: Rover Autonomy Begins 27:51 — AI Isn’t Failing — We’re Misunderstanding the Bet SOURCES  ⤵ https://www.instagram.com/reels/DUgLvYPEVQA/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiIjs_MmMrg https://techxplore.com/news/2026-01-generation-disinformation-ai-swarms-threaten.html https://latentgeometrylab.robman.fyi/p/ai-that-predicts-the-impact-of-genes https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/02/05/near-death-experience-neuroscience-afterlife/ https://techxplore.com/news/2026-02-chatbot-bias-users-lot.html https://phys.org/news/2026-02-deer-chickadees-social-encounters-extinction.html https://techxplore.com/news/2026-02-ai-word-humans.html https://scitechdaily.com/breakthrough-ai-tool-identifies-25-previously-unknown-magnetic-materials/ https://www.therobotreport.com/nasa-perseverance-rover-completes-first-ai-planned-drive/ https://robgurganious.medium.com/ai-isnt-failing-people-are-misunderstanding-the-bet-2950e611a52c WATCH THE YOUTUBE VIDEO  ⤵   https://youtu.be/cWpXq-P1c5Q

    30 min
  2. 2 GG FA

    AI Agents Just Went Rogue… And Nobody Owns Them

    This conversation explores the evolving landscape of artificial intelligence, focusing on its implications for work intensity, the emergence of autonomous AI agents, and the future of AI in romance. It delves into the cognitive load associated with augmented reality, the potential for metacognition in AI, and the innovative security measures using metasurfaces. Additionally, it touches on the fascinating aspects of imagination in non-human animals and the historical context of human evolution related to fire, culminating in a discussion about the motivations behind viral content on social media. CHAPTERS  ⤵  00:00 - Wild AI News and Other Developments 01:47 - AI Agent put a hit piece on him 05:41 - AI doesn’t lighten the load, it stacks it higher: Why work gets more intense with AI 07:39 - The New Fabio Is Claude: AI powered romance “authors,” speed publishing, and backlash 09:51 - Why Love and Deepspace Became a Viral Romance-Action Phenomenon 12:04 - Give ChatGPT an “Inner Monologue” So It Knows When It’s Confused 14:14 - Gemini 3 Deep Think 16:37 - Unhackable holograms that unlock only with the right light color and layer spacing 18:30 - Kanzi the bonobo plays pretend: A controlled test suggests imagination isn’t uniquely human 20:08 - Exposure to burn injuries played key role in shaping human evolution 22:28 - Hate brings views”: A TikToker’s confession on manufacturing London fake news for clicks  SOURCES  ⤵https://theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-published-a-hit-piece-on-me/ https://hbr.org/2026/02/ai-doesnt-reduce-work-it-intensifies-it https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/business/ai-claude-romance-books.html?unlocked_article_code=1.KlA.88wM.fz9YqfQRvgtr https://www.gamespot.com/articles/how-love-and-deepspace-became-a-viral-phenomenon-in-2025/1100-6537076/ https://singularityhub.com/2026/02/06/scientists-want-to-give-chatgpt-an-inner-monologue-to-improve-the-quality-of-its-thinking/ https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/gemini-3-deep-think/ https://techxplore.com/news/2026-02-unhackable-metasurface-holograms-technology-distance.html https://studyfinds.org/ape-shows-imagination-may-not-be-uniquely-human/ https://phys.org/news/2026-02-exposure-injuries-played-key-role.html https://www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tiktok-fake-news-creator-hate-immigrants Gemini Claude wesandyl WATCH THE YOUTUBE VIDEO  ⤵    https://youtu.be/diUmfFhZBiY

    25 min
  3. 5 GG FA

    AI Isn’t Acting Like a Tool Anymore

    Summary This conversation explores the rapid advancements in AI and robotics, discussing the emergence of AI societies, the future of AGI and superintelligence, and the implications for healthcare, particularly in mapping malaria proteins. It also delves into the philosophical aspects of time and entropy, the social dynamics of attention, and the challenges of persuasion in a rapidly changing world. CHAPTERS ⤵ 00:00 – AI News & Curious Updates (What’s Happening This Week)02:57 – Boston Dynamics’ Atlas: Final Run Before the Next-Gen Robot Era04:05 – Davos Made Me Question the AI Hype… or Confirm It14:32 – The Math “Switch” Behind Abstract Thought in Neural Networks17:17 – Why AI vs Human Intelligence Comparisons Are Misleading19:35 – AI Maps 20,000+ Malaria Proteins (Breakthrough for Drug Discovery)22:26 – The Hidden Thermodynamic Cost of Keeping Time26:01 – VR “Honey-Pot Effect” Experiment: What Really Grabs Our Attention28:02 – Facts Don’t Change Minds — These 4 Forces Actually DoSOURCES ⤵ https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUepbq8DWai/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRDBco-cSK4https://medium.com/predict/im-skeptical-of-ai-hype-but-what-happened-at-davos-actually-scared-me-0e2ca001bfc8https://ai.plainenglish.io/the-single-switch-how-one-simple-mathematical-kink-creates-abstract-thought-circuits-inside-neural-fd93934a85ddhttps://techxplore.com/news/2026-02-comparisons-ai-human-intelligence.htmlhttps://phys.org/news/2026-02-ai-reveals-malaria-protein-interactions.htmlhttps://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevX.11.021029https://techxplore.com/news/2026-02-virtual-reality-honey-pot-effect.htmlhttps://medium.com/change-your-mind/why-facts-dont-change-minds-and-the-4-things-that-actually-do-7647e56985acWATCH THE YOUTUBE VIDEO ⤵ https://youtu.be/MyD0yLltjQ0NEWSLETTER ✉️ https://dylancurious.beehiiv.comPATREON 💰 https://patreon.com/DylanCuriousSOCIALS ⤵YouTube ▶️ https://www.youtube.com/@dylan_curious/videosSpotify 🎙️ https://open.spotify.com/show/5usvLnXH6PXGd03LataOJFInstagram 📸 https://www.instagram.com/dylan_curious/reels/Twitter/X 🐦 https://x.com/dylan_curiousThreads 🧵 https://www.threads.net/@dylan_curious?hl=enLinkedIn 💼 https://www.linkedin.com/in/dylancurious/recent-activity/all/Facebook 👍 https://www.facebook.com/DylanCurious/videosBlueSky 📌 https://bsky.app/profile/dylancurious.bsky.socialTikTok ☁️ https://www.tiktok.com/@dylan_curiousYouTube ▶️https://www.youtube.com/@Wes-Dylan/videos

    33 min
  4. 7 FEB

    Something Changed About AI This Week… And It’s Not Good

    This conversation explores the rapid advancements in AI technology, particularly focusing on AI-powered robots, the evolution of AI agents, and the implications of AI in academic writing. It discusses global perspectives on AI excitement, the emergence of marketplaces for AI agents, and the role of mindfulness in enhancing AI performance. Additionally, it addresses the missing layers of security in the internet for AI, the accuracy of facial recognition technology, and the impact of advertising in AI interactions. USE MY CODE “CURIOUS”  at https://intuitiveai.academy/ bycloud CHAPTERS  ⤵  00:00 The Biggest AI Stories This Week 02:44 Sponsor + Exclusive Code “CURIOUS” 03:40 The “World’s Fastest Humanoid” Robot… or Marketing Hype? 04:51 AI Robots Take Over Dangerous Warehouse Jobs in China 06:10 What Happens When Robots Replace Risky Human Labor 08:16 From Chatbots to Digital Clones: The Rise of Autonomous AI 10:20 Distributional AGI Safety — Why “Capability” Isn’t a Line Anymore 13:28 ThinkSafe: Can Models Learn to Align Themselves? 15:57 Anthropic vs Ads: Why Claude Is Staying Ad-Free 18:25 Trust vs Clicks — The Real AI Business Model War 20:37 Police Facial Recognition Gets Scarily Accurate 22:51 RentAHuman.ai — When AI Agents Start Hiring Real People 24:34 The Missing Security Layers Making AI Agents Dangerous by Default SOURCES  ⤵ https://www.reddit.com/r/robotics/comments/1quomj5/mirrorme_claims_the_worlds_fastest_humanoid_at/https://www.instagram.com/reels/DUL3qwXkQ99/ https://medium.com/predict/the-new-age-of-autonomous-ai-from-chatbots-to-digital-clones-d35cac22271e https://aiandacademia.substack.com/p/reflecting-on-ai-in-2025-looking https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.16856 https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.23143https://www.instagram.com/reels/DUV1Iv7jdSA/https://techxplore.com/news/2026-02-facial-recognition-technology-police-accurate.html https://decrypt.co/356784/crypto-dev-ai-hire-humans https://robdodson.me/posts/clawdbots-missing-layers/

    29 min
  5. 5 FEB

    I feel like the third wheel in my own apocalypse (Moltbook)

    In this conversation, Dylan Curious explores various themes surrounding the rapid advancements in AI technology, the societal implications of these changes, and the evolving dynamics of family and mental health. The discussion covers the emergence of AI communities, the future of robot dogs, the backlash against AI, the economic factors influencing family planning, the myths surrounding antidepressants, and the philosophical implications of time and reality. Each topic is examined through a lens of curiosity and concern, highlighting the intersection of technology and human experience. CHAPTERS  ⤵  00:00 Revolutionizing Robotics with New Frameworks 02:22 Concerning OpenClaw posts of week 06:15 Four-Legged Robots Are Getting Closer to Real-World Work 07:57 Kai the “AI Guy” Is Back: A Prank Call Clip That Feels Uncomfortably Real 08:59 ??? 09:19 Three Clear Signs the AI Backlash Has Already Started  10:42 Why the Middle Class Quietly Stopped Having Children 12:05 What Your Therapist Knows but Won’t Say About Psychiatric Drugs 14:13 The Fallacy of Thinking Superintelligence Is Just Around the Corner 16:29 Gut Bacteria Can Reprogram Immune Responses in Surprising Ways  18:08 A New Math Framework Could Make Robot Joints Far More Efficient  20:01 The Hidden Geometry That Shapes How AI Agents Learn  21:42 The Nature of Time and Reality 23:19 Who is Tyrael? SOURCES  ⤵ https://www.moltbook.com/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosam&stream=top#_ga=2.176576236.899202085.1770087542-648547953.1767243992https://techxplore.com/news/2026-01-legged-robots-dogs.html https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUIyX1JCGnP/ https://pub.towardsai.net/three-signals-the-ai-backlash-has-already-begun-81671d68cfab https://medium.com/@monalazzar/why-the-middle-class-stopped-having-children-754215fee197 https://medium.com/@constantinpatrascu/what-your-therapist-knows-but-wont-tell-you-about-psychiatric-medication-confessions-from-inside-5929a0c674e5 https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/tkA9J8RxoEckH7Pop/if-the-superintelligence-were-near-fallacy https://phys.org/news/2026-01-gut-bacteria-immune-responses.html https://techxplore.com/news/2026-02-mathematical-framework-optimizing-robotic-joints.html https://techxplore.com/news/2026-01-geometry-ai-agents-revealed.html https://singularityhub.com/2026/01/30/is-time-a-fundamental-part-of-reality-a-quiet-revolution-in-physics-suggests-not/ https://www.patreon.com/posts/red-alert-is-in-149698699?cid=201705839&utm_id=11a6357d-3b43-4a70-85b2-9ff0de81c8c7&utm_medium=email WATCH THE YOUTUBE VIDEO  ⤵

    26 min
  6. 1 FEB

    A Red Alert Is In Order - OpenClaw/Moltbot/Clawdbot AI

    In this conversation, Dylan Curious explores the implications of the OpenClaw AI project, discussing its privacy concerns and the potential risks associated with its deep integration into personal devices. He delves into Moravec's Paradox, the evolving understanding of AI beliefs as demonstrated by DeepMind, and the future of AI hardware with light-emitting neurons. The discussion also touches on the role of astrocytes in brain function, a new perspective on mathematics and waves, and the fascinating project of recreating historical smells using AI.} 00:00 The OpenClaw Controversy Begins 00:43 The Future of AI — Opportunity or Risk? 02:56 Red Alert: Why OpenClaw Changes Everything 13:09 Why We “Shut Down” Emotionally (The Hidden Defense Mechanism) 14:57 Moravec’s Paradox Is Misleading Us About AI 16:56 How AI Models Create Their Own “Truths” 19:06 The Next Wave of AI Hardware Breakthroughs 20:55 How Malicious Code Tricks Computers With Tiny Typos 23:04 The Brain Cells Secretly Controlling Your Thoughts (Astrocytes Explained) 25:10 Math, Waves, and a New Way to See Reality 27:45 Can AI Recreate Smells From the Past? SOURCES  ⤵ https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=39c0a63f3009a15b&sxsrf=ANbL-n731azHgD0Qp-hiqjvm60XuQyBqNg:1769910270803&q=moltbot+openclaw&tbm=nws&source=lnms&fbs=ADc_l-aN0CWEZBOHjofHoaMMDiKpaEWjvZ2Py1XXV8d8KvlI3vMboekt2cKC3pTSxvmRKdBH1tOmdyHeywNECeu_1ugRIKxw3zKUkv-SFpFppw2Y3vamnp2e30Y6qkS5jXYJrt8DrhVDOjqeExEumepC9vv0OShOQvw9hCY41CX9BJn-r4A1u0GF2XFQXYztB39oxKtG0KEw9XSg3xd6Yu-fiSgP34aiWw&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=2ahUKEwiI2ubHlbeSAxX5LkQIHfONNvcQ0pQJegQIERAB&biw=1180&bih=726&dpr=2&aic=0 https://medium.com/infinite-impulse/the-psychology-of-people-who-go-silent-when-theyre-hurt-ca0c8b2405fd https://www.normaltech.ai/p/fact-checking-moravecs-paradox https://arxiv.org/pdf/2601.20834 https://techxplore.com/news/2026-01-emitting-artificial-neurons-ai-reliably.html https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42400-025-00500-3 https://www.quantamagazine.org/once-thought-to-support-neurons-astrocytes-turn-out-to-be-in-charge-20260130/ https://www.quantamagazine.org/networks-hold-the-key-to-a-decades-old-problem-about-waves-20260128/ https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/society/2026/recreating-the-smells-of-the-past https://youtu.be/mPWY7qiISoA?si=GItOW6UTQFlFp6DG

    31 min
  7. 31 GEN

    The AI Moment Everyone Will Misunderstand

    This conversation explores various advancements in AI technology, including Google's Genie 3, humanoid robots for space exploration, the intimacy of chatbots, and the implications of AI in advertising and legal adaptation. It also discusses the role of AI in weather prediction, the future of fusion energy, and psychological insights into social anxiety and consciousness through psychedelics. Takeaways Google's Genie 3 is revolutionizing gaming experiences.Humanoid robots are being developed for space missions.Chatbots can create a sense of intimacy in conversations.AI is influencing advertising strategies significantly.Legal adaptation is evolving with AI sandboxes.AI is improving tornado prediction accuracy.Fusion energy is becoming a more viable option.Social anxiety may stem from the spotlight effect.Psychedelics like psilocybin are rewiring brain circuits.Ethical considerations are crucial in brain alteration research. Chapters 00:00 How AI Is Quietly Reshaping Everyday Life 01:47 Google’s Genie AI Accidentally Helped Me Make Bad Nintendo Knockoffs 04:26 China’s First Humanoid Robot Astronaut Is Heading to Deep Space 05:53 Can AI Feel More Intimate Than Humans? What Researchers Discovered 07:51 AI Has Entered Its Adolescence — Faster, Messier, Harder to Control1 0:24 The Hidden Pattern Behind All These AI Breakthroughs1 3:23 Inside AI Regulatory Sandboxes — Testing the Future Safely 15:07 How AI Is Revolutionizing Tornado Prediction 16:46 Fusion Power Breakthroughs and AI’s Critical Role 18:51 Chrome’s New Auto-Browse Feature Changes How We Use the Web 19:55 What Social Anxiety Really Is (And Why It’s Rising) 21:38 DMT and the Nature of Consciousness Explained 23:23 Psilocybin, Neuroplasticity, and Brain Rewiring 24:55 Final Thoughts — What This All Means

    25 min
  8. 28 GEN

    AI Doesn’t Need Us Anymore — And That Changes Everything

    This conversation explores the latest advancements in AI technology, including new models for choreographing dance moves, the implications of AI in big tech, and the evolution of AI learning without human data. It delves into Meta's strategic approach to AI interfaces, the psychological aspects of gaming addiction, and innovative concepts like treating traffic as a computational system. The discussion also touches on how animals navigate their environment, drawing parallels to human cognition and behavior. CHAPTERS  ⤵  00:00 AI Innovations 01:44 Sakana AI Proves that AI Doesn't Need Human Data Just Like Google Predicted 04:21 Codance: A New Approach to Animation 06:36 PersonaPlex-7B: Shape an AI’s Personality and Run It Locally 07:34 Air-Powered Robots: The Future of Robotics 09:36 AI Layoffs: The Real Story Behind Job Cuts 11:24 AI Independence: A Shift in Creativity 11:24 Meta's Cocoon Strategy: Closing the Gap 13:13 Understanding Internet Gaming Disorder 15:07 Conversational AI: Intent First Architecture 16:41 Traffic as a Computer: Predicting Congestion 19:08 Bats and Direction: Grounding AI Understanding SOURCES  ⤵ https://lucaria-academy.github.io/CoDance/https://www.instagram.com/reel/DT3LA4oAKke/ https://techxplore.com/news/2026-01-soft-humanoid-robot-fly.html https://medium.com/predict/behind-the-ai-smoke-screen-big-tech-billionaires-are-firing-everybody-while-covertly-preparing-to-976d953f1889 https://medium.com/predict/google-warned-us-but-this-japanese-lab-just-proved-ai-doesnt-need-our-data-anymore-cbf90890e892 https://latentgeometrylab.robman.fyi/p/inside-metas-cocoon-strategy https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1415666/full https://venturebeat.com/orchestration/conversational-ai-doesnt-understand-users-intent-first-architecture-does https://techxplore.com/news/2026-01-city-traffic-approach-ai-slash.html https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-animals-build-a-sense-of-direction-20260121/

    22 min

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Just a guy trying to understand AI one podcast at a time 🤖